More than ten years after a botched medical procedure resulted in the amputation of both of her legs, a Georgia teacher has been granted a $70 million payment.
When Jessica Powell unexpectedly passed out in her home in 2013 due to a gastrointestinal infection and hormone deficient disorder, her life took a drastic turn.
She was sent to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany for life-saving medical assistance as a result of the incident, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Powell, however, lost both of her legs above the knee as a result of the poorly executed treatment.Powell, who was 28 at
The time, stated that her doctors’ careless drug overdose was the cause of this. The court agreed with her last month.
After just 30 minutes of deliberation, a Dougherty County jury awarded Powell, now 40, $70 million on April 23. This was one of the biggest payouts in Georgia’s medical malpractice case history.
